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1?. H. GENEREUX. DEVIGE FOR HANGING AND ADJUSTING PICTURE FRAMES. No.582,278.

Patented May 11, 1897.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

FRANQOIS I-I. GENEREUX, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDSTO ARMAND MIGNAULT AND LOUIS J ONOAS, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR HANGING AND ADJUSTING PICTURE-FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,278, dated May 1 1,1897.

I Application filed September 26,1896. Serial No. 607,019. (No model.)

T n all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANQOIS H. GENE- REUX, of Salem, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Hanging and Adjusting Picturedframes, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for hanging and adjusting picture-framesand it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement,and combination of parts, which will be readily understood by referenceto the description of the accompanying drawings and to the claims heretoappended and in which my invention is clearly'pointed out.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a rear or back side elevation of a portionof a picture-frame with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is asection on line a; 00 on Fig. 1, drawn to an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3is a sectional elevation of the device attached to the left side of theframe as viewed in Fig. l, the cuttingplane being on line y y on Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A is the picture-frame, which may be of any size orshape.

B is a metal plate provided with a spur a, the ear 1), and a perforationto receive the screw 0, by which it is secured in a fixed position tothe rear of the frame, preferably at the left side of Fig. 1. The screw0 has formed thereon a journal-bearing, upon which is mounted, so as tobe revoluble thereon, the drum D, the periphery-of the outer flange c ofwhich is milled to serve as a means for revolving said drum whendesired. The inner flange d of said drum D has formed upon its peripherya series of ratchet-teeth to form an escapement-wheel with which theescapement-lever E cooperates to control the letting off of the cord Ffrom the drum D when it is desired to lower the picture.

The lever E is provided at the outer end of its long arm with the flatexpanded portion 6 to receive the thumb or finger for operating thesame, With the pawl-like point e at its inner end and the stop-tooth 6between its pivot-pin f, by which it is secured to the plate B and theportion 6, said point e and tooth 6 being at such a distance from eachother and so arranged relative to the teeth of the eslever E that whenone of said contact-points is in engagement with a tooth of theescapement-wheel d the other contact-point will be out of the path ofrevolution of the teeth of the escapement-wheel, as shown in Fig. 3.

G is an arm pivoted to the ear I) by a clamping-rivet so as to createsufficient friction between said ear and arm to hold said arm at anydesired angle to the frame to which it may be, adjusted.

, A plate B, similar to the upper portion of the plate B, is secured tothe side of the frame A opposite to the plate B by means of a spur (notshown) and the screw-eye g, said plate being provided with the ear I),to which is pivotally clamped the arm G in the same manner that the armG is clamped to the ear I) of the plate 13.

The upper or movable ends of the arms G and G are each provided with acord-guiding eye, which may be of any desired con struction, butpreferably formed by bending the end of said arm into a spiral h, asshown.

The picture-hanging cord F is firmly knotted at one end to the screw-eyeg, is passed through the eyes h at the upper ends of the arms G and G,has its other end passed through a hole in the outer flange c of thedrum D, and has a knot tied in its end. The cord F is then placed by itsmiddle over the hook attached to thepicture-molding, and the drum D isrevolved in the direction indicated bythe arrow on Figs. 1 and 3 to windthe cord upon the drum D until the picture is raised to the desiredheight, the weight of the long arm of the lever E causing the stop-toothe to rest in contact with the periphery of the escapement-wheel cl andengage a tooth thereof as soon as the revolution of the drum ceases, soas to hold the picture-frame in the position to which it is adjusted. Ifthe picture-frame is raised too high and it is desired to lower it, theportion 6 of the lever E is. raised to disengage the stop-tooth e fromthe tooth of the wheel d, when the inner end 6 of said lever will becorrespondingly depressed and thereby placed in the path of the nextapproaching tooth of said wheel d. When the tooth e is disengaged fromcontact with the wheel 01, the weight of the frame will cause the drum Dto be revolved in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrowson Figs. 1 and 3 until the end of the leverE engages a tooth of thewheel cl, when its motion will be arrested. Alternately raising anddepressing the outer end of the lever E will cause repeated intermittentmovements of said drum about its axis, to unwind the cord therefromuntil the picture is adjusted to the desired height.

To adjust the picture to the desired inclination relative to the wallupon which it is hung, the arms G and G are adjusted to a greater orless angle to the plane of the back of the picture-frame, in whichpositions they are held by friction.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. In combination with a picture-frame, a screw-eye set in the back ofsaid frame in a fixed position near one edge thereof; a revoluble drummounted upon a journal set in a fixed position in the back of said framenear its opposite edge; a suspension-cord attached at one end to saidscrew-eye and at its other end to said drum; means for retaining saiddrum in a fixed position when properly adjusted and a pair of armspivotally attached to the back of said frame, one at each side, and eachprovided with a cord-guiding eye to receive said suspension-cord andadapted to be held at any desired angle to the pictureframe.

2. In combination with a picture-frame, the plates B and B each providedwith an outwardly-projecting ear; the screw-eye g; the screw 0; the drumD provided with the flange c and the toothed flange d; theescapementlever E; the cord F; and the arms G and G each provided with acord-guiding eye at its movable ends and pivotally clamped to the earson the plates 13 and B respectively.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses on this th day of September, A. D.1896.

' FRANQOIS n. GENEREUX.

Witnesses:

N. C. LOMBARD, GEO. L. 000K.

